Hemisphere Blues

Give me
a world,
split —
time runs to
the shifting soil.
There is nothing
firm,
nothing still.
If only
to draw fire
from the gape.
If only
to rebuild
a silent stone
in space.

Meg Smith is a poet, writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. Her poems have appeared in The Cafe Review, Pudding, Poetry Bay, The Horror Zine, Silver Blade, Raven Cage, The Blue Hour Anthology, and many more. Her most recent poetry books, This Scarlet Dancing and Dear Deepest Ghost, are available on Amazon. She welcomes visits to megsmithwriter.net.

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